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Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Start date: June 9, 2013

Finish date: June 9, 2013

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May 30, 2014 Olivia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-for-school, classics, favorites, sci-fi, disturbing, mental-health, first-read-before-read-in-school

Reread in the original 1818 text for class, 2018. Definitely one of my favorite classics; great themes and messages and atmosphere. Not sure how to do multiple separate editions on Goodreads again oh well.

First reading (2015):
The beginning threw me off and the language could get repetitive, but overall, good.

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Dec 03, 2015 Kellee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, read-in-2015

I wanted to read this book for Halloween, and I got it a little late, but it didn't make this book any less terrifying and awe-ful. (Not awful, but awe-ful.) I'm so inspired by the fact that Mary Shelley wrote this, years ahead of her time. Its not even a difficult read, possibly because I ate up all the descriptions of Frankenstein and the monster and his life. Its alien, surreal, and bizarre, even more than the films I've seen. I can't imagine what people must have thought of it when she actua ...more

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Oct 02, 2021 Marisa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi-fantasy, dark-and-mysterious, worth-re-reading, europe-adventure, angsty, blinded-by-science, absolutely-chilling, halloween-and-horror, books-to-big-screen, nature-journeys

Frankenstein has a nostalgic vibe for me. I rocked this novel in high school and again in college, so it gives me good feelings on top of the spooky creepiness that I love in gothic classics. This time around, I listened to the audiobook read by Dan Stevens. He's a gem with an incredible voice.

Normally, I would have given this a 5-star rating, but for whatever reason, there was only so much groveling and depression I could take. This is still one of my favorite eerie books for the Fall season, ...more

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Oct 24, 2015 Nate Morse rated it it was ok

Shelves: literature, literature-british

I have a passing knowledge of the Frankenstein story, although most of it comes from parodies/homages to the movies. The novel seems to be very different from the movies I'm aware of. So far it the morals of this story that I have come up with is "Be nice to people who look different, or they might go on a murderious killing spree of your family" and "Revenge does not lead to happiness".

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The monster who is not a large slow green guy, is rejected by everyone who is around him, in ...more

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